I've said it before, but if I had a cab the top would be down unless it was raining, snowing or very windy, the rest of the time top down.

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Originally Posted by gomestar

you probably looked like a douche bag

Who cares what you look like to others. Driving a convertible has too many compromises to have the top up. There are rattles, creaks, squeeks, lack of road noise deadening, and I'm not even taking into account having the top up never looks as good as with the top down. The only way to outweigh these factors is to enjoy the visceral feeling of the top down, the wind in the face, the hair blowing around, hearing the suspension and engine working. Wear your parka, leather gloves and blast the heat, enjoy. Necessarily in that order.

Who cares what you look like to others. Driving a convertible has too many compromises to have the top up. There are rattles, creaks, squeeks, lack of road noise deadening, and I'm not even taking into account having the top up never looks as good as with the top down. The only way to outweigh these factors is to enjoy the visceral feeling of the top down, the wind in the face, the hair blowing around, hearing the suspension and engine working. Wear your parka, leather gloves and blast the heat, enjoy. Necessarily in that order.

Absolutely agree.

I refused to drive my old Fiat 124 with the top up.

Partially because of the visceral experience of having the top down.
Partially because of the fumes seeping into the cabin.
I must have lost 5-10 years off my life driving that damned thing.

While we're on the topic of muscle cars, anyone else chuckle when you're driving behind a base model v6 challenger? Shit looks like a boat on skinny Prius tires -- it's fucking hilarious and really, really sad at the same time.

I wish muscle cars only came in high performance V8 variants only. I know, I know, we need the cheaper base models for profitz, but damn, what a slap in the face of what a muscle car is supposed to be.

While we're on the topic of muscle cars, anyone else chuckle when you're driving behind a base model v6 challenger? Shit looks like a boat on skinny Prius tires -- it's fucking hilarious and really, really sad at the same time.
I wish muscle cars only came in high performance V8 variants only.